Excerpt from Agriculture Appropriation Bill, 1917 (Grain-Grades Amendment): Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, United States Senate, Sixty-Fourth Congress, First Session The committee resumed consideration of the bill (h. R. 12717) making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917. The chairman. Senator Reed is present. Do you desire to make any statement now, Senator? Senator reed. No; I simply wanted to inquire when you are going to get to that provision of the bill relating to grain inspection. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.